Await.

For Hollywood, this is a compulsory course, everyone is waiting, quietly waiting for a positive or negative result, quietly waiting for their own shining moment, quietly waiting for the so-called success moment to come, some people wait, but many more can never wait.

It's like waiting for Godot.

Lan Li retracted his gaze, looked through the window of the train car, and looked at the scene across the street, people coming and going, light and shadow, and his smile couldn't help but rise slightly, "You know? Sergio-Leone (Sergio-Leone) has been waiting for eleven years to photograph 'Once Upon a Time in America'. ”

In 1971, Paramount asked Italian director Sergio to direct a gangster film.

At that time, Serjo, who had occupied a place in the United States because of his directing classics such as "Red Dead Redemption", "Twilight Double Darts", "Golden Three Darts" and "Once Upon a Time in the West", was famous and invited to film invitations, but when Paramount sent out the invitation, Sergio was preparing a gangster movie of his own, and in desperation, he had no choice but to refuse.

Later, Paramount approached Francis Ford Coppola to take over the barrel, and the "Godfather" was born.

At the same time, Sergio has been meticulously polishing the script, and by the time everything was ready, the "godfather" was already in high demand, and the producers had lost confidence in works of a similar genre and refused to invest. In desperation, Sergio arrived at Cannes, dressed and holding a stack of 400-page scripts waiting for investors.

This is 11 years, and this work is "Once Upon a Time in America."

"Yes, I know. It took thirteen years to shoot the film, but when it was released in the United States, Warner Bros. took it upon itself to cut the 249-minute version into 139 minutes, which is the infamous 'American version'. How ironic. The young man shrugged his shoulders lightly and said with a sigh of embarrassment.

Stunned, the young man reacted and smiled dumbly, "Are you saying that I need to wait eleven years? It's only been two years now, it's too short, I should be more patient?" Man, it's not cool, it's not cool at all. ”

As he spoke, the young man turned his head and looked at the stranger beside him, and the little humor was hidden in the conversation, which was indeed eye-catching.

But the next moment, when that familiar face came into view, the young man was stunned, even the smile was stiff on the side of his mouth, the whole look was completely dull, he couldn't make a sound at all, there was no stunned, no shock, just stopped, and the slightest expression and emotion could not be found.

"Hey man, maybe you can stuff your work to him. It's also an option, isn't it?" the waiter gave his opinion with a smile on his face, but then nodded to Lan Li, "I hope you don't mind." ”

Lan Li smiled and nodded again and again, shrugging his shoulders slightly, "Of course, this is my honor. I'm not sure which producers I know......" Lan Li thought about it for a moment, the names of the producers he could think of were indeed limited, "but I'm more than happy to pass them on to you." If you don't mind. ”

As an actor, Lan Li's negotiations with the producer are really limited, and more often than notched, they are just nodding friends. Lan Li doesn't think that those familiar producers will buy it because of themselves, and are willing to invest in an art film - at least for now, it should be an art film, after all, the ultimate task of a producer is to make a profit.

But at least, Lan Li can try to see. The premise is that Lan Li browses the other party's short videos to see if there is a possibility of recommendation. Although Lan Li thinks that there is no need for this, because he has already recognized the person in front of him, there is also a faint guess in his mind about the work project.

......The young man did not speak, but nodded, nodded vigorously, nodded continuously, opened his mouth wide, but did not know what to say, and the excited and excited appearance overflowed from his eyebrows, from his eyes, from the corners of his mouth.

Lan Li smiled dumbly, and took the initiative to ask, "What about the short film?"

"Oh, oh, oh. The young man nodded his head again and again, nodding his head continuously, making one wonder if there was something wrong with his neck, like a bobblehead doll with a loose spring, and he began to gromble through his pockets, rummaging through them, but never finding his work.

Lan Li always maintained patience and did not speak.

The waiter standing next to him finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked tentatively, "Is it the USB flash drive on the bar?"

"Yes! Yes, yes!" The young man raised his head suddenly, only then did he notice the small silver USB flash drive on the table, shining under the light, he quickly grabbed it and handed it to Lan Li, "This...... That's what I did, which won the Short Film Award at the Sundance Film Festival in January. ”

"Not a grand prize, just a jury prize, but ......"

"'Burst Drummer', by the way, the name of this work is 'Burst Drummer', which means "hiplash", on the one hand, refers to the teacher's strict discipline of the students, and on the other hand, refers to the action of the drummer hitting the drum kit. It's not what / sex / erotic / means. I'm based on my own experiences in high school, but ...... But that's not an important message, the work is more important, the work. ”

"Oh yes, it's a story about a drum kit. It can also be said to be a story about music. ”

"I wanted to make it a 100-minute feature, and this is an 18-minute short film. ”

"If you have a budget, one million, no, no, 500,000 is fine, 300,000, if you are just looking for new actors, 300,000 will not have any problems. ”

"My only request was to create this work according to my own ideas. I know that's too much to ask, but ...... I really think that all the images and ideas of this work are in my head, I can do it, and I mean it. Some of the composition and lighting in this short film can be seen in my thoughts. ”

"Do you need a script? I also have the full script, I have the electronic version in the USB stick, and then, and then I have the printed version, my briefcase, I brought the briefcase today, wait a minute, give me a little time. I'm sure I'll be able to find it soon. ”

"Sorry, my words are a little confused. But, I mean, thank you, thank you, yes, that's what I want to say. ”

Incoherent, truly incoherent, the young man was already nervous to the extreme, constantly rubbing his eyebrows, his chin, his fingertips, his hair, as if every part of his body was restless, and the words were completely unable to be organized into a complete chapter, and as he spoke, even he himself had forgotten what he was talking about.

In the end, the young man himself fell into a dilemma, scratching his head irritably, frowning, and being very, very dissatisfied with his performance, but it was useless, he could only look at Lan Li in a daze, at a loss, and the whole person was deflated, drooping his shoulders, and sitting in place with great chagrin and distress, as if he had lost the whole world—

For this moment, for this day, he typed countless drafts over and over again, conceived the ins and outs in his mind over and over again, and even thought about how he should persuade the other party so that the other party had no chance to refuse, confidently complete the whole process of self-recommendation, and considered all possibilities. But the actual operation was a complete disaster.

Lan Li appeared in front of him like this, and the two of them chatted like friends, as if they were just strangers who met in Pingshui, he didn't expect it at all, and then without warning, his opportunity appeared.

However, he could not put all the blame on the "accident", because he had already expected such a situation.

Whoever he met tonight could have been an accident, and he was a nobody to everyone at Oscar night, and there are thousands of them in Los Angeles. If he wasn't cornered, he wouldn't want to choose such a stupid and stupid method, waiting at the door of Oscar night to change his position, and he wouldn't want to pay attention to such a nobody who only daydreams, but it was his only choice.

So, when he decided to do so, he was mentally prepared. Prepare for the unexpected, be prepared to ignore, or even be prepared to face difficulties.

Sadly, he didn't. Not at all!

"Sorry, I didn't leave the house with my computer today. Lan Li's voice came, still gentle, still elegant, still calm, and even faintly heard a faint smile in the words, not mockery, but relaxed, everything was not much different from the small talk just now, "I'll watch it carefully when I go back, but it's better than this, you can tell me this story now." ”

The young man raised his head abruptly and looked at Lan Li in disbelief, the shock and disbelief in his eyes flowed out like this, "Really...... Really?"

Lan Li shrugged slightly, "If you won't be busy tonight." ”

"No, no, of course not!" said the young man, who was so anxious that he almost choked on his own saliva, but he didn't have time to take care of himself, so he just waved his hand again and again, trying to continue to speak again, lest he slack off a little, and thus miss the absolute opportunity.

Lan Li picked up his coffee and gestured for the other party to calm down a little, "Take your time, after my last confirmation, tonight is still a long time, suitable for sitting down and chatting slowly." That's right...... Sir?"

The young man took a big sip of coffee, and although he was scalding his teeth, the light in his eyes bloomed proudly, and it seemed that the whole world was beginning to brighten," Damien. My name is Damien-Chazelle. At this time, I realized that my faux pas was really outrageous, "I'm sorry, I kept forgetting to introduce myself, you can call me Damien." ”

"Ranley Hall. Lan Li also smiled and introduced herself, which was a start.

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